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Maddox scores 20, George Mason wins 67-59 against Dayton
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) Darius Maddox's 20 points helped George Mason defeat Dayton 67-59 on Wednesday night.
Maddox shot 8 for 11, including 4 for 5 from beyond the arc for the Patriots (13-5, 4-1 Atlantic 10 Conference). Jalen Haynes scored 12 points while finishing 5 of 8 from the floor. K.D. Johnson shot 3 of 6 from the field and 2 of 3 from the free-throw line to finish with nine points.
Nate Santos led the Flyers (11-6, 1-3) in scoring, finishing with 20 points. Malachi Smith added 14 points and five assists for Dayton. Enoch Cheeks also put up 11 points.
George Mason led 41-27 at halftime, with Maddox racking up 13 points. The Patriots turned a 13-point second-half lead into a 20-point advantage with a 7-0 run to make it a 58-38 lead with 11:02 left in the half. Maddox scored seven second-half points in the win.
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| Time | Team | Play | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20:00 |  | Â | Jalen Haynes vs. Zed Key (Patriots gains possession) | Â |
| 19:47 |  | +3 | Darius Maddox makes three point jump shot (Brayden O'Connor assists) | 3-0 |
| 19:15 | | Â | Zed Key turnover (carrying) | Â |
| 18:47 | | Â | Woody Newton misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 18:45 | | Â | Malachi Smith defensive rebound | Â |
| 18:19 | | Â | Zed Key offensive foul (Jalen Haynes draws the foul) | Â |
| 18:19 | | Â | Zed Key turnover (offensive foul) | Â |
| 18:00 | | Â | Woody Newton turnover (lost ball) (Jacob Conner steals) | Â |
| 17:55 | | Â | Woody Newton blocks Zed Key's two point dunk | Â |
| 17:53 | | Â | Zach Anderson defensive rebound | Â |
| 17:36 | | +3 | Brayden O'Connor makes three point jump shot (Darius Maddox assists) | 6-0 |
| 17:17 | | Â | Nate Santos misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 17:15 | | Â | Zed Key offensive rebound | Â |
| 17:10 | | +2 | Enoch Cheeks makes two point jump shot | 6-2 |
| 16:46 | | +2 | Jalen Haynes makes two point jump shot (Brayden O'Connor assists) | 8-2 |
| 16:23 | | +2 | Zed Key makes two point hook shot | 8-4 |
| 16:11 | | Â | Patriots turnover (10-second violation) | Â |
| 16:02 | | Â | Jacob Conner misses two point dunk | Â |
| 16:00 | | Â | Darius Maddox defensive rebound | Â |
| 15:56 | | +2 | Jalen Haynes makes two point dunk (Darius Maddox assists) | 10-4 |
| 15:46 | | +3 | Enoch Cheeks makes three point jump shot (Nate Santos assists) | 10-7 |
| 15:26 | | Â | Jalen Haynes turnover (bad pass) (Isaac Jack steals) | Â |
| 15:20 | | Â | Woody Newton blocks Malachi Smith's two point layup | Â |
| 15:18 | | Â | Woody Newton defensive rebound | Â |
| 15:10 | | +2 | Darius Maddox makes two point jump shot | 12-7 |
| 15:04 | | Â | Nate Santos turnover (bad pass) (Jalen Haynes steals) | Â |
| 14:56 | | +2 | Darius Maddox makes two point jump shot | 14-7 |
| 14:31 | | Â | Enoch Cheeks misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 14:29 | | Â | Jalen Haynes defensive rebound | Â |
| 14:11 | | +3 | Woody Newton makes three point jump shot (Brayden O'Connor assists) | 17-7 |
| 13:36 | | Â | Malachi Smith misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 13:34 | | Â | Zach Anderson defensive rebound | Â |
| 13:21 | | Â | Darius Maddox misses two point layup | Â |
| 13:19 | | Â | Isaac Jack defensive rebound | Â |
| 13:05 | | Â | Isaac Jack misses two point hook shot | Â |
| 13:03 | | Â | Woody Newton defensive rebound | Â |
| 12:46 | | Â | Brayden O'Connor misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 12:44 | | Â | Isaac Jack defensive rebound | Â |
| 12:35 | | Â | Brayden O'Connor shooting foul (Nate Santos draws the foul) | Â |
| 12:35 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 12:35 | | +1 | Nate Santos makes regular free throw 1 of 3 | 17-8 |
| 12:35 | | +1 | Nate Santos makes regular free throw 2 of 3 | 17-9 |
| 12:35 | | +1 | Nate Santos makes regular free throw 3 of 3 | 17-10 |
| 12:11 | | +2 | Jared Billups makes two point jump shot (Brayden O'Connor assists) | 19-10 |
| 11:51 | |  | Amaël L'Etang misses two point layup |  |
| 11:49 | | Â | Patriots defensive rebound | Â |
| 11:49 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 11:23 | |  | Amaël L'Etang blocks Jared Billups's two point jump shot |  |
| 11:21 | | Â | Giovanni Emejuru offensive rebound | Â |
| 11:19 | |  | Amaël L'Etang blocks Giovanni Emejuru's two point layup |  |
| 11:17 | | Â | Giovanni Emejuru offensive rebound | Â |
| 11:17 | | Â | Patriots turnover (shot clock violation) | Â |
| 10:55 | | Â | Jump ball. Nate Santos vs. K.D. Johnson (Flyers gains possession) | Â |
| 10:53 | | Â | Nate Santos misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 10:51 | | Â | Giovanni Emejuru defensive rebound | Â |
| 10:31 | | Â | Jaiun Simon personal foul (Darius Maddox draws the foul) | Â |
| 10:20 | | Â | Jump ball. Woody Newton vs. Jacob Conner (Patriots gains possession) | Â |
| 10:11 | |  | Woody Newton turnover (bad pass) (Amaël L'Etang steals) |  |
| 10:05 | |  | K.D. Johnson shooting foul (Amaël L'Etang draws the foul) |  |
| 10:05 | | +1 | Amaël L'Etang makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 19-11 |
| 10:05 | |  | Amaël L'Etang misses regular free throw 2 of 2 |  |
| 10:05 | |  | Amaël L'Etang offensive rebound |  |
| 9:57 | | Â | Jaiun Simon misses two point layup | Â |
| 9:55 | | Â | Jared Billups defensive rebound | Â |
| 9:40 | | Â | Justin Begg turnover (bad pass) (Javon Bennett steals) | Â |
| 9:35 | | Â | Jacob Conner turnover (bad pass) (K.D. Johnson steals) | Â |
| 9:13 | | Â | Jaiun Simon personal foul (Justin Begg draws the foul) | Â |
| 9:07 | | +3 | Justin Begg makes three point jump shot (Jalen Haynes assists) | 22-11 |
| 8:35 | | Â | Jacob Conner turnover (bad pass) | Â |
| 8:24 | | Â | Zach Anderson misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 8:22 | | Â | Enoch Cheeks defensive rebound | Â |
| 8:19 | | Â | Jump ball. Enoch Cheeks vs. Jared Billups (Flyers gains possession) | Â |
| 8:03 | | Â | Zed Key turnover (bad pass) (K.D. Johnson steals) | Â |
| 7:58 | | +2 | K.D. Johnson makes two point layup | 24-11 |
| 7:58 | | Â | Zed Key shooting foul (K.D. Johnson draws the foul) | Â |
| 7:58 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 7:58 | | Â | K.D. Johnson misses regular free throw 1 of 1 | Â |
| 7:58 | | Â | Enoch Cheeks defensive rebound | Â |
| 7:36 | | Â | Jalen Haynes blocks Nate Santos's two point jump shot | Â |
| 7:34 | | Â | Justin Begg defensive rebound | Â |
| 7:29 | | +2 | Jared Billups makes two point layup (K.D. Johnson assists) | 26-11 |
| 7:08 | | Â | Malachi Smith misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 7:06 | | Â | Jalen Haynes defensive rebound | Â |
| 6:49 | | +2 | Jalen Haynes makes two point jump shot | 28-11 |
| 6:31 | | Â | Jared Billups personal foul (Nate Santos draws the foul) | Â |
| 6:26 | | Â | Enoch Cheeks misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 6:24 | | Â | Javon Bennett offensive rebound | Â |
| 6:20 | | Â | Nate Santos misses two point layup | Â |
| 6:18 | | Â | Nate Santos offensive rebound | Â |
| 6:13 | | Â | Nate Santos misses two point layup | Â |
| 6:11 | | Â | Isaac Jack offensive rebound | Â |
| 6:06 | | +2 | Isaac Jack makes two point layup | 28-13 |
| 5:49 | | Â | Justin Begg misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 5:47 | | Â | Malachi Smith defensive rebound | Â |
| 5:43 | | Â | Zach Anderson personal foul (Malachi Smith draws the foul) | Â |
| 5:30 | | +2 | Nate Santos makes two point jump shot (Malachi Smith assists) | 28-15 |
| 4:58 | | Â | Malachi Smith shooting foul (Brayden O'Connor draws the foul) | Â |
| 4:58 | | +1 | Brayden O'Connor makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 29-15 |
| 4:58 | | +1 | Brayden O'Connor makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 30-15 |
| 4:39 | | +3 | Nate Santos makes three point jump shot (Malachi Smith assists) | 30-18 |
| 4:22 | | +3 | Brayden O'Connor makes three point jump shot (Justin Begg assists) | 33-18 |
| 4:05 | | Â | Zach Anderson personal foul (Nate Santos draws the foul) | Â |
| 3:45 | | Â | Jalen Haynes shooting foul (Malachi Smith draws the foul) | Â |
| 3:45 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 3:45 | | Â | Malachi Smith misses regular free throw 1 of 3 | Â |
| 3:45 | | +1 | Malachi Smith makes regular free throw 2 of 3 | 33-19 |
| 3:45 | | Â | Malachi Smith misses regular free throw 3 of 3 | Â |
| 3:45 | | Â | Brayden O'Connor defensive rebound | Â |
| 3:27 | | +3 | Darius Maddox makes three point jump shot (Woody Newton assists) | 36-19 |
| 3:11 | | Â | Brayden O'Connor personal foul (Javon Bennett draws the foul) | Â |
| 3:11 | | Â | Javon Bennett misses regular free throw 1 of 1 | Â |
| 3:11 | |  | Amaël L'Etang offensive rebound |  |
| 2:47 | |  | Amaël L'Etang turnover (bad pass) (Giovanni Emejuru steals) |  |
| 2:24 | | Â | Woody Newton misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 2:22 | | Â | Darius Maddox offensive rebound | Â |
| 2:07 | | Â | Jared Billups misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 2:05 | | Â | Nate Santos defensive rebound | Â |
| 2:00 | | +2 | Malachi Smith makes two point layup (Enoch Cheeks assists) | 36-21 |
| 1:44 | | Â | Malachi Smith technical foul | Â |
| 1:44 | | Â | K.D. Johnson technical foul | Â |
| 1:44 | | Â | K.D. Johnson turnover | Â |
| 1:32 | | Â | Woody Newton misses two point layup | Â |
| 1:30 | | Â | Giovanni Emejuru offensive rebound | Â |
| 1:28 | | Â | Giovanni Emejuru misses two point layup | Â |
| 1:26 | |  | Amaël L'Etang defensive rebound |  |
| 1:14 | | +3 | Nate Santos makes three point jump shot (Javon Bennett assists) | 36-24 |
| 1:00 | | Â | Jump ball. Woody Newton vs. Javon Bennett (Patriots gains possession) | Â |
| 0:54 | | +3 | Darius Maddox makes three point jump shot (Jared Billups assists) | 39-24 |
| 0:37 | | +3 | Nate Santos makes three point jump shot (Malachi Smith assists) | 39-27 |
| 0:25 | | Â | Patriots 30 second timeout | Â |
| 0:25 | | Â | Flyers 30 second timeout | Â |
| 0:09 | | Â | Isaac Jack blocks K.D. Johnson's two point jump shot | Â |
| 0:07 | | Â | Jalen Haynes offensive rebound | Â |
| 0:04 | | +2 | Jalen Haynes makes two point layup | 41-27 |
| 0:00 | | Â | End of period | Â |